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Jack Black

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Biography

Thomas Jacob Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for his roles in family and comedy films and his voice work in animated films. His awards include a Children's and Family Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, and three Golden Globe Award nominations. After portraying supporting roles in films including Dead Man Walking (1995), The Cable Guy(1996), Mars Attacks! (1996), and Enemy of the State (1998), Black had his breakout role in the musical film High Fidelity (2000). This led to larger roles in films like Shallow Hal (2001) and Orange County (2002) before he solidified his leading-man status with his starring role in School of Rock (2003). Black has since starred in King Kong (2005), The Holiday (2006), Nacho Libre(2006), Tropic Thunder (2008), Bernie (2011), Goosebumps (2016), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), its sequel Jumanji: The Next Level(2019), The House with a Clock in Its Walls(2018) and A Minecraft Movie (2025). He has also voiced Po in the Kung Fu Panda franchise (2008–present) and Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). Black is the lead vocalist of the duo Tenacious D, which he formed in 1994 with long-time friend Kyle Gass. In 2015, they won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for "The Last in Line." Since 2018, Black has run a YouTube channel called Jablinski Games. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Black, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Overview

Known For

The X-Files

Saturday Night Live

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Daily Show

E! True Hollywood Story

MTV Video Music Awards

Will & Grace

The Graham Norton Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

American Idol

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Mandalorian

Touched by an Angel

The Single Guy

Celebrities Uncensored

The Office

History of the World: Part II

The Eric Andre Show

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Good Mythical Morning

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

iCarly

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Last Call with Carson Daly

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Drake & Josh

The Muppets

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Run Ronnie Run

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Demolition Man

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

The Oscars

Sex Tape

Bob Roberts

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Mr. Show with Bob and David

Tom Goes to the Mayor

The Holiday

Shark Tale

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

The NeverEnding Story III

Jumanji: The Next Level

Margot at the Wedding

Tropic Thunder

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

The Concert for Valor

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll

Kung Fu Panda

The Polka King

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Kung Fu Panda Holiday

Bernie

Kung Fu Panda 2

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Nacho Libre

The Brink

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters

Kung Fu Panda 4

Shallow Hal

Untitled Jumanji: The Next Level Sequel

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks

Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection

Be Kind Rewind

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight

Goosebumps

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